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“Love is for those who know the griefs of time, for it goes hand in hand with loss. An eternity, so burdened, would be a torment. And yet—” He broke off, drew breath. “Yet what else to call it, this terror and this joy?”
“The trouble with drowning in the mess of your own life is that you’re not in any shape to save anyone else. You can’t be a lighthouse when you’re underwater yourself.”
― The Prayer Box
― The Prayer Box
“We laughed the type of laugh you laugh when you want to cry and fear has its claws in you and is pulling you down but you’re keeping your chin up and holding it together because if you don’t, you’ll be flat wiped-out.”
― What I Remember Most
― What I Remember Most
“I’m a very ordinary girl, Moses. I know that I am. And I always will be. I can’t paint. I don’t know who Vermeer is, or Manet for that matter. But if you think ordinary can be beautiful, that gives me hope. And maybe sometime you’ll think about me when you need an escape from the hurt in your head.”
― The Law of Moses
― The Law of Moses
“Rakhi likes the comfortable clutter of her life, the things she loves gathered around her like a shawl against the winterliness of the world.”
― Queen of Dreams
― Queen of Dreams
“People liked religion but they didn’t want to have to exercise any faith. Religion was comforting with all its structure and its rules. It made people feel safe. But faith wasn’t safe. Faith was hard and uncomfortable and forced people to step out on a limb.”
― The Law of Moses
― The Law of Moses
L’s 2024 Year in Books
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